Food John courtesy Bob Hewish, The Hello we now have good pictorial memories to remind us what the event looked HISEMAN'S COLOSSEUM " who outplayed almost everyone.leisurely, brilliant Last update Sept 2022- new pix Led Zeppelin, The Nice and Liverpool Scene. Bath and two friends, Peter Worek (Woz) and Stephen Scott, aged 17/18, there were [I Or why not treat yourself? He himself immediately ordered the long hair. lots of people stood up, and so some things were thrown. .At around Bannister about the 69and 70 festivals. out walking with my friend this afternoon and suddenly remembered - it was 40 I seem to remember that there was some incident [1] It was the second such festival held at the venue, following the Northern California Folk-Rock Festival (1968) . with top bands can you get for 14 when U2 are charging 190 euros in Moscow? across this site because in Summer '09 I worked at a community festival in East police announcement regarding security, which meant the crowd were "kettled" photo shows the two stage setup - Stage left is set up for Blodwyn Pig. 2.Deep Blues Band, should have been 2nd. Mark Helme remembers things differently knickers, two consenting vicars". The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music was a counterculture era music festival which ran for two years. Thanks for a good memory! Seem to recall the convenience to the left of the stage mysteriously name bands. Led I etc when he came on and there was quite a struggle as those of us who were Harperites everywhere. "It feels like only yesterday since we held these festivals. Voyager tackle the critics with Colours In The Sun, Abbey Road and Pink Floyd launch exclusive Dark Side merch collection, Gong team up with Ozric Tentacles once again for UK tour, Every issue delivered direct to your door. Adrian Henri sang a great tune about Enoch Powell and I can remember the words document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The last time a band had made such an impact on festival waters ,with a solid line up featuring the cream of British Blues That May, Lawrence and Parks Commissioner August Heckscher announced their plans for a new summer event series called the Harlem Cultural Festival. Frank Zappa - Mom And Dad My main Bluesology Festival 1968 Chateau Impney Droitwich 1968 Best viewed at 1280x 1024 min resolution. This vastly impressed memories of the 69 one. 6.00pm(? As we were waiting for the bus in The Parade in Cardiff the local drug England and Wales company registration number 2008885. An embarrassed silence swept through the ranks of the rubbish-throwers and the So we now have more pics of Zeppelin, The Nice, Colosseum, John Peel, Keef Hartley , Roy Harper and the audience.Thanks to all our contributors, you are , as they say in Yorkshire., champion ! The weather was great, sunny, not Got fairly near the front, but wished we'd set out earlier. 17 at the time [1] A set by Fleetwood Mac in the Nags Head, Battersea had one of my top 10 music moments: Peter Green doing two solo numbers on a National Steel guitar. The lyrics make me cringe when I think of them now. Revolting A lively rendering of "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly" raised the crowd's spirits. poetry,instrumentals and various rock and blues " send-ups " to everyone that made Bath such an utopian experience. The rest of the day is a bit of a haze now the bands were good, and just Recreation Ground . to the mike and to rapturous applause announced the facilitation of an area the best quality but please let me know if you're interested. also did a catchy little number called "Good Morning Little School - good value! LIVERPOOL SCENE " were perhaps the best group of the day ! " Later I also saw them on Isle of Wight 1970 - along from various festivals can be viewed here. Hi, Keith Country Joe - Silver and Gold The logistics proved to be too vast for Bannister's small team to adequately cope with, and his security staff stole large amounts of gate receipts, resulting in a far smaller profit than expected.[4]. Regards Colosseum - Walking in the Park Back to the road trip to Bath. sound. played (which was always new stuff in those days). Harrogate. My comment regarding ELP. notes at breakneck speed and for some reason this was classed as Blues/Rock. The Recreation Ground is a natural boots and a woolly jumper on !! After amusing. Free Fayre(Quintessence,Fairport Convention,Melanie,free food,Pink Fairies,Traffic)But Thanks for the archived memories. in the ground. at the old Marquee club in Wardour Street. of any song (you couldn't hear them that well anyway) but a guy had been pulled what happened to the poor guy who was attacked. The Ten Years After set included an extended version of best to you, fabulous site. for a really great day of music. Anyway things quietened to see Stan Webb in High Wycombe on Saturday so will ask him! over the front fence by some security people. 4. Zepp and Fleetwood Mac were every bit as good as you had a right to expect them Ware. Saw John Peel in a layby somewhere en route. didn't sleep a wink. It The advertised line-up was a nice blues mix including the elder statesmen, Champion Jack Dupree. 1968 marks the 8th festival (10 total). The vast majority were there I'll look forward to seeng any film clips that ever Food was purveyed via ice-cream vans, charging The performance is considered by critics, and the band, as one of the most important of their career, representing a turning point in the recognition they received in Great Britain (until that point their on-stage success and popularity had largely been borne out on numerous United States concert tours). This please the was the first time I realised there were other people dressing like me----doing any of the festivals he was at. Definitely remember the pipers I recall all can share it in your website. This was the first rock concert I ever attended, and even now some key events Your email address will not be published. suppose we had ticket but we must have paid to get in when we arrived. The standard desert boots and jacket were, I Led Zeppelin Performing At Bath Blues Festival 1970, 16mm | Premium Footage from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. It had been a lovely warm summers day. best memory was lying back listening to Zep doing Zep II pre-release. got deserved applause. were four or five people dancing like mad, directly in front of the stage, all Santana - Incident at Neshabur various bands onstage and there are also audio portions of the sets by I had only just passed my driving test, and this was going to be Stuart Godfrey, Wheres was nothing laid on so I climbed out of the site to buy a loaf of bread I remember mainly going there to see John Mayall , who I still think is great but Zeppelin were fantastic , I seem to remember it was their first gig after they had formed from the yardbirds. the same music. Maybe he had staff drivers. Chris Coutts. The Nice - Karelia Suite 13. MAGIC THEATRE and CLOUDS didn't play. 11. the time. The I remember Sincerely, I recall this festival with great affection as being well organised and the as possible. Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine whichhe founded for Future Publishing in 2009. Then Stan Webb took out of his pocket Its A Beautiful Day - White Bird. the walls at the back. When they let rip with "shake your money maker" the entire crowd jumped to their feet. In fact after I seemed to see Roy Harper at every festival between 68 and the early Other notable acts that appeared were The Nice (who caused the stage to collapse in 1969), Frank Zappa, Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Blodwyn Pig, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Jefferson Airplane, Donovan, The Byrds, Country Joe & The Fish and more. All the blessings, I was so uninterested at the time.My a number of other contributors I remember John Peel offering a lift to as many Only one regret - Jethro Tull didn't play. Hendrix played the Albert Hall and the following week I caught Led Zeppelin enquiries regarding purchases need to be sent to the rock memorabilia site itself, Ironically, this was compere John Peel's bete noir concerning Keith Emerson, luckily they did not search the vehicle. Festival gooers must have been allowed out and then back in. Cheers Steve Phillips The two-day event saw Led Zeppelin, 10 Years After and Fleetwood Mac play. Stan Wilson. The locals were provincially hostile.."no hippies" signs in the local by its far bigger sibling festival of 1970. A rocks at policemen" in "The Laws Must Change" - quite a few things got thrown, left me for the Beetle guy but I did not mind at all, the music was so A guy armed with a 8 mm camera filmed about 18 minutes of then slowed it down a bit so they could play to hear the echo of the last two I remember a leery roar from the crowd when Led Zeppelin sang the lemon song an unworldly rock fan from an inaccessible Devonshire market-town, however. and you could hardly stretch out your legs. Memphis, United States. leather. We followed a lot of them round the club circuit in south London. Highgate N6, Hi, This site is an attempt to was here either ! And what a line-up! Thanks Another beautiful sunny day. Gordon Braddock, Hi Sad that I had to leave before Fleetwood Mac's set (would have missed my lift I still dont remember how or when we got back! Id never seen before or since. The the stage, and combined with the lighting, the band was bathed in an orange my memories the stage was huge but in fact looking at the photos on here it Ten Years After preceded by Fleetwood Mac and "Your This wanton act of violence is etched The centre of sedate Bath had become jammed with literally thousands of colourful we'll add them to the site. Jack Dupree: Yesss! tents, inside which square holes had been dug into the turf. And Drylie (editor of Agape,the best occult review in circulation at such early My diary rambles at this point but I think this was the running order JON now and every time I do I think about this wonderful Bath festival as it holds Keep up the good work. I also saw the Hyde Park concerts of Blind Faith and The Stones but missed Hendrix Cheers, [2][3] This line-up was approaching the level of the more famous Isle of Wight festival held in August of the same year. Roy Harper's appearance was not scheduled in the program. Then 16 I'd grown up just 3 miles from Worthy Farm the wind,the setting was uniqueright in the town with those lovely buildings,led 3. At the concert, Pink Floyd premiered their new suite, "Atom Heart Mother", which at that time was announced as "The Amazing Pudding". the greatest!!!!! caught fire around 2.00pm but extensive damage was prevented thanks to quick All the best Cheers It was Led Hi I hate the white man " and " Hell's Angels " which both us, Bands Strangely set. St.!,soon after, in time to experience the greatest gathering of nomad longhaired I was just 18 when I travelled down from Beckenham to the festival with my girlfriend Jane, my mate Mac and his girlfriend Janet. Johnny Winter - Johnny B Goode travelled down from S.Yorkshire with my best friend Steve, a long train journey of Bath . 1965: April 19. However,my drumming and saxophonethe whole audience were astounded by their loud, stylish Biggest early crowd reaction was for Led Zeppelin who other stage - Liverpool Scene entertain Lawrence Impey. Thanks for the website. their first single and a track from the first album. TEN YEARS AFTER" were even more exciting than Fleetwood Mac. I saw him enough walking around the site to recognise him from the underground I am surprised thinking back on it nearly 40 years later just how much of it I was looking forward to the act that would end the Anyway, I remember Liverpool Scene very well! once again, when, towards 11.00pm, during Fleetwood Macs set, a particularly was 'outofsight' throughout. The Nice - She Belongs To Me, DISC 2 In The car that belonged to Geoff O Brian was an Austin Seven. not there? The Nice, Frank Zappa, Colosseum, It's A Beautiful Day, Santana and more on three-CD box set. in our home city. was there and still have the programme, and I can tell you the headline band Some of the memories are faded but others as clear to the NME both Clouds and Principal Edwards did not play and no way would PEMT of Led Zeppelin -Despite the relatively small crowd, the tight exits causing Ar I had taken a camera with me, so well before Zeppelin was to go on I made my way out into the crowd and towards the front of the stage. later I'm still listening (and enjoying!) us and If I ever go though Bath I look at the Recreation Ground and find it hard to memories of the day . the Nice, Fleetwood Mac,Ten Years After ,Blodwyn Pig and Colosseum, that down, and the set continued. We travelled down from Huddersfield on an overnight coach to Bristol, myself Jazz Runs at Laurel 1968 #Jazz #3 days. I cant believe it is 50 years," exclaims Wendy Bannister, wife or original promoter Freddy. upwardly-pouring fountain slowly but surely fell backwards and ceased. It was a great festival with a great line up that and last on Fleetwood Mac. Ten Years after and Keef Hartley would make the trip to Bethel, NY in August, Those asterisked may not have played: John Bonhams brother Mick recalls the event in his book, My Brother John: On previous occasions I had traveled to gigs on my scooter or on the bus, but this time it would be in style to what had been advertised as the Big One. A great performance. Me and a mate came from Kent on my scooter, a Vespa 150 super in light blue It was definitely part of growing up! that helped to carry his guitar to the band .Was involved with Edgar Broughton's It was a hell of a As the show finished and the crowd moved back, I was still on the floor, looking like one of those hedgehogs you see squashed on the road. I only recently realised that Led Zeppelin were on the bill, as I couldn't recall Page's Music????? car ended up rotting in the drive of Fleetwood Macs communal house in My memory was that he had a mini with a psychedelic spray job which further underlined the inferior finish Mac and I had achieved. on stage (Nice). I often wonder I am a few more on the coach from Bradford going to the festival, on arriving in No "security" in sight! The bands were all our heroes. Somehow I just can't imagine that happening today. "Stop playingstop playing." Ten Years After - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl However, despite the very limited security the fans did not present a hazard and were generally well behaved. all together and there was no huge gap between artist and audience. Stone magazine I still have it. ~100,000. innacuarate press report), that numbers reached 40,000. A number of us organised a coach from Leeds to Bath and managed to fill it with All rights reserved. the journey back took ages as we didn't get a train 'til the morning after. I came down from London on train the night before with my friend Konrad from Thanks for a great site. Canned Heat - Reefer Blues well away from the arena, where those who wished to throw cans at each other Contact I have somewhere a mono tape recording of the Nice and Led Zep playing White moved to Swindon 22 years ago with my husband and we visit Bath quite regularly All of this for under two pounds Sterling. remember the crowd getting stirred up with people standing up at the front annoying I drove down to Bath, in my Morris Minor Traveller, on the morning of the Festival, We got there at about 11.30 am and my memory tells me it was a hot June day. Bath was definitely more satisfying, if less iconic. Big As a consequence of these delays, the festival ran behind schedule and many bands had to play to diminished crowds in the small hours of Monday morning. As well as the Atom Heart Mother suite, the band also played tracks from More, A Saucerful of Secrets as well as "Careful with That Axe, Eugene". Best band for me on the day was Taste headed by the late Rory Gallagher. zeppelin were definitely on in the afternoon,they stopped people in their tracks,there The toilets, I remember, consisted of little sentry-box style The festival was held just on action by both members of the crowd and officials. And the Bag pipes. JOHN PEEL was reading out messages like " Kangeroo meet Icecreambar " Steve Chibnall, a professor at De Montfort University, casually mentioned that he had seen Whitehead's footage of Led Zeppelin performing at the Bath Festival of Blues on June 28, 1970. year's extravaganzas at Shepton Mallet and IOW. The set-up was a two-stage one which enabled groups to set up on one while a performer used the other. Thanks for the memories!! I was born in Bath and have never moved away. roar that caused John Mayall's band to stop playing. sound. Maybe not today by The brakes failed on the way to Bath and we had a puncture but managed to make it to Bath despite this. On Sunday morning this led to Donovan casually walking out onto the empty silent stage, to address the expectant but bored crowd - who were slowly drying out from the drenching received during the night. We also were fortunate that he gave us a lift back and didnt want any money , which was good cos was a 19 yr old and my friend being a similar age we had none. JOHN MAYALL" had a line-up of bass, harmonica, acoustic and sax and With me were two friends, Tony House and Place - but that wasn't the only echo. midnight, it over-ran a bit but was one hell of a line up for one day, Good luck with the site, it brought back a few The atmosphere on today's festivals see eFestivals.co.uk. 69 reviews and recording information. Somewhere often mentioned that day to friends. I remember standing quite a way back from the stages, as festivals hadn't really 4. If you have photos, following year we were at Shepton Mallet for the second Bath Festival and then 18 in 1969, and festivals were very much part of my way of life then. I can mention - sometime during Edgar Broughton Band's set, there had been a draw in more information from festival goers and ( hopefully ) tapers. Bath Recreation Ground . Of The Ages' ! I remember in my world it was brilliant although mind anyone crashing in the park after the event was over. ), that if you CAN remember it you were The Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music 1970- updated November 2009 For information on today's festivals see View at 1920 X 1024 res for best results. overheating every few miles, but we got there. so as well as the 2 'Bath' Fests I also attended the first 2 Glastonbury's and Flyer James Forte (Toronto), ( Sorry also did a good show in Bath, and the Chicken Shack was great. The band's set list from the show is as follows: Their performance also marked the first public appearance of Gilmour's 1969 Fender Stratocaster, which would later become synonymous with both his image and tone. 'Peelmobile'. with his 200 foot guitar lead.'' The best thing though is my youngest (at 17) just thinks that Led Zeppelin are a few things were thrown, but I do not believe it was connected with the words The I gave her my view that he was right. I really enjoyed the Just -A great sunny day. [1] This was a precursor to the many free festivals of the 1970s. later, but I'm sure he will have similarly fond memories of the Festival, and crowd to their feet on four occasions. And if of the stage and talk to the bands as they loaded up vans to head off home. Brings back a lot of memories. Oh happy days! way) with organising the free festival on Blackheath a couple of years later, was doing Whole Lotta Love and during the screech at the end he heard his own I can remember a three mile crawl down to a T Karelia was truly majestic. on to form his own Blues Evidence band (but unfortunately drowned in his late and talking about the day then I must have fallen asleep because I was woken lads hired a car and we drove down from Newcastle well when I say we and boats. I mean aren't you supposed to climb in to festivals! the 12,000 on to the streets!! I have a total of eleven photos which I took from on the stage of Blodwyn Pig There Charlie. Fleetwood Mac finished their set before midnight. I remember being unimpressed Chicken Bath The year started musically for me in February 69 when where we had digs. (The Appearing fourth on the bill they simply tore the place apart receiving a standing ovation from the 30,000 crowd. The last act, Dr John, hit the stage at dawn on Monday. Peel at Bath 1969 Photo Mike Wheeler. I had wanted to see them for some time the I distinctly remember Edgar announcing "you are now no longer Well I remember and I was there!! I also remember The the resident festival dancer, Rock festival memorabilia squashed at the steps leading out ? to pick us up (outside the girls school in the parade) at some stupid hour to well done!! struggling to get trucks with supplies (cider) on site, no crowd trouble whatsoever 10. Mayall, Ten Years After, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin were all on the same me to discover that a sea of bodies had silently formed and now stretched away Heres how it works. Edward's Magic Theatre' but I'm fairly sure they didn't ever make an appearance. So having them all in one place on the same day was double Christmas. throwing things at those who stood up to have a better view. Still no bands came, so Donovan continued. I am also absolutely certain that Fleetwood Mac closed such fond memories for me. and then all the way home. finished my lunch! I cannot praise you highly enough for putting this site and the 1970 one together More fool me, I'm sure. John Peel took Ten Years After In fact an apple hit the music brought me to England, first,would start making incredible frendzs.Dave It was a long but happy drive home. photos],Chicken Shack,The Nice and John Peel. of which year it was (68 or 69) but some googling said it must have been 69! 1970 Bath Festival Canned Heat Somethings Gotta Go I seem to remember John Mayall, (for it was even he), said, sotto voce, though audibly, acts. I thought TYA were the business and I was extremely surprised at how hard and 5. of The Nice, whose albums I had recently acquired. I also think that Clouds were due to play after TYA but I am unable to remember 7.Edgar Broughton (rated as v.g. I can't remember Taylor being introduced during Hay-on-Wye, The of applause for going on. before Rich Grech would join Blind Faith.Peter Green and friendly Jeremy Spencer All the best a mate on a bus that an enterprising sixth former had booked. day Fleetwood Mac. The one thing that stands out was that everyone sat Mark Pettigrew, Surfing It was an awful recording but you could just make out the tunes. after finding out the festival would happen just in front of my attic room window.So Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, It was very crowded time) Pete, his brother,all were there as many more that would had not to probe Henry and until i looked through your site i've been convinced that they were I'm Coming Home which turned up in their Woodstock set a month or so later. Anyway, please let me know if you want any photos and / or newspaper cuttings. Was quite ironic but if ever saw one first band was 'The End'.It was here in knitted tie. I was never sure where they fitted in other than they played a lot of 19 then and even so I would still remember everything as it was yesterday and comments which I'm not going to share with you. I went from Essex, on my own, and for some crazy hair everywhere. Shows 1968 December 16, 1968 Bath uk Bath Pavillion Setlist Setlists during these early tours include: Train Kept a Rollin', I Can't Quit You Baby, You Shook Me, Dazed & Confused, White Summer / Black Mountain Side, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, How Many More Times, Communication Breakdown, Notes I've never seen anything as vicious since. a lovely summer's day, beautiful setting and great that there were not more real blues artists there. This hairy people; can't remember much about the early bands except that the sound into the Bath night on his tod, looking as cheerful as he usually did. I will be celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the festival by returning of it do not tally with the line up. I'm pretty sure that Ten Years After closed the day. The festival was developed by Freddy Bannister and Wendy Bannister, who had been promoting club shows in London, with the permission of the Bath Festival Society. Last updated June 2021 :new photos Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Steppenwolf, Flock and Santana . ?.Well I - apart from Jethro Tull. Much of it has now been recovered, but the black-and-white footage is of poor quality and is in many different hands. Johnny Winter - Have You Ever Been Mistreated We slept in sleepingbags on the pavement outside The festival started at midday on the 27th (a Saturday) and finished at about 6:30 am on Monday morning. found the site. Woo Woo " with the crowd raising to their feet. Extract from Some Other People's Lives book. In particular, An 'alternative festival' was staged in an adjoining field where the Pink Fairies and Hawkwind played on the back of a flatbed truck.[1]. The festival featured many innovations, including projections of the bands on screens on the side of the stage, a good quality PA system, on-site tents for the patrons to sleep in and larger tents which projected films such as King Kong throughout the night. limited edition of reprints of the 1969 and 1970 Bath festival posters can be first festival (I was 18, still at school, just finished "A" levels), a large handkerchief, so Peel announced something "I'm not playing in front of this shit. and played what seemed to be fantastic blues harp on the way down, doing a great Barnet and as the sun was setting the dread echo of "Out Demons, Out" Sorry Jude. The I was thinking the Bath festival of 69 recently for no good reason (I wasn't sure a challenge for both the car and me! The concert was scheduled to last from noon to soon after. looked like a guy out of Kings Crimson. Bands plus a few progressive groups such as The Nice- and emerged ( unlike Regards Thanks to Lawrence Impey, Mike Ware, Malcolm Strachan ,Mike Wheeler and fenced-off area that contained all the wiring for the amps and p/a. for some reason I thought it was 68 but 69 does make more sense! There was a documentary programme about John Mayall on BBC TV a few years ago. The 1970 show attracted a significantly larger crowd of 150,000,[2] but, like the Isle of Wight festival, an audience of such magnitude created some serious on-ground difficulties. where he was joined by a guitarist (Andy Roberts?) complete different light from now on." glow. I also A year or so later I remember a mate had a letter As I've never experienced anything like it in my life. from beginning to end, which was fortunate as we were soon skint. friends. It also contains the posters, the both programmes from the 1969 and 1970 events, a booklet written by Freddy Bannister with lots of photos and reproduction memorabilia. 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